| STUTTGART, GERMANY--(Marketwire - | | | | now, with volume quantities available by the end |
| November 3, 2009) - VISION 2009 - Hall 4, Booth | | | | of the year. For high resolution images of the new |
| # D53 -- DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA), a global | | | | Falcon cameras, please visit our online media kit. |
| leader in machine vision technology, today | | | | About DALSA's Machine Vision Products and |
| announced the availability of three new models in | | | | Services |
| its Falcon high performance camera family, | | | | For more than 25 years DALSA has led the |
| headlined by a new high sensitivity VGA camera | | | | design, manufacture and deployment of digital |
| delivering 300 frames per second. The Falcon | | | | imaging components for the machine vision OEM |
| VGA300 HG, 1M120 HG, and 1.4M100 HG feature | | | | market, and now offers Vision Appliances for |
| high quality DALSA CMOS image sensors and are | | | | factory floor deployment. Today, DALSA image |
| ideal for electronics inspection, semiconductor | | | | sensors, cameras, frame grabbers, software, and |
| inspection, industrial metrology (gauging) and other | | | | Vision Appliances are used in thousands of |
| machine vision applications. The new Falcon | | | | automated inspection systems around the world |
| cameras will be introduced here at VISION 2009 | | | | and across multiple industries including |
| in Stuttgart, Germany at the DALSA stand in Hall | | | | semiconductor, flat panel display, electronics, |
| 4, Booth D53. | | | | automotive, medical, packaging and general |
| Mark Butler, Product Manager at DALSA, says, | | | | manufacturing. |
| "DALSA's Falcon HG camera series meets the | | | | About DALSA Corporation |
| needs of the machine vision industry by providing | | | | DALSA is an international leader in high |
| excellent responsivity and very fast frame rates, | | | | performance digital imaging and semiconductors |
| as seen in our Falcon VGA300 product." | | | | with approximately 1,000 employees worldwide. |
| As the name suggests, the 1M120 HG offers 1 | | | | Established in 1980, the company designs, |
| megapixel resolution with 120 fps, while the | | | | develops, manufactures and markets digital |
| 1.4M100 HG delivers 1.4 megapixel resolution with | | | | imaging products and solutions, in addition to |
| 100 fps. In addition to the HG models optimized | | | | providing semiconductor products and services. |
| for high sensitivity, DALSA also offers the Falcon | | | | DALSA's core competencies are in specialized |
| 1.4M100 XDR, a 1.4 megapixel camera delivering | | | | integrated circuit and electronics technology, |
| 100 fps and optimized for high dynamic range. Not | | | | software, and highly engineered semiconductor |
| only do these new Falcons feature CMOS | | | | wafer processing. Products and services include |
| technology for lower power consumption, all four | | | | image sensor components (CCD and CMOS); |
| support Power over Camera Link (PoCL), | | | | electronic digital cameras; vision processors; image |
| removing the need for a separate power cable | | | | processing software; and semiconductor wafer |
| and reducing system cost and cabling complexity. | | | | foundry services for use in MEMS, high-voltage |
| Fully programmable, these cameras incorporate | | | | semiconductors, image sensors and mixed-signal |
| exposure control, gain and offset adjustment, and | | | | CMOS chips. DALSA is listed on the Toronto |
| flat-field correction to optimize system | | | | Stock Exchange under the symbol "DSA" and has |
| performance. They back up their superb imaging | | | | its corporate offices in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |
| performance with robust, compact 44 x 44 x 44 | | | | All trademarks are registered by their respective |
| mm housings and convenient mounting options. | | | | companies. DALSA reserves the right to make |
| Evaluation units of these cameras are available | | | | changes at anytime without notice. |